Today, Sleep in Heavenly Peace proudly honors Susie with the 2025 Guardian of the Mission Award — the organization’s highest recognition, named for founding board member Heather Allen, whose compassion and vision shaped what SHP is today.
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8 Years of Integrity: SHP’s Commitment to Transparency Shines
When you support a charitable organization, you want to know your contribution makes a real difference. That’s why we’re incredibly proud to announce that Sleep in Heavenly Peace has earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid’s GuideStar for the eighth consecutive year.
Help Deliver Dreams: Deliveries Across America
Calling all caring neighbors! Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP), the leading non-profit dedicated to providing beds for children in need, is gearing up for its annual Deliveries Across America (DAA) event on Saturday, December 13, 2025. This transformative initiative...
Rounding Up for Dreams: Lowe’s Customers Take Action So NO KID SLEEPS ON THE FLOOR
Imagine tucking your child into bed each night, only there's no bed to tuck them into. For countless families across the United States, this is a tough reality. Kids are sleeping on floors, couches, or sharing beds out of necessity, missing out on the rest they need...
Every Child Deserves a Place to Dream: SHP and CarePortal Join Forces
What happens when a platform that connects communities meets a movement that builds beds for children who have none? Hope multiplies. Sleep in Heavenly Peace is honored to announce CarePortal as our newest strategic partner in the mission to serve vulnerable children and families. Together, we’re addressing a challenge that’s as simple as it is heartbreaking: child bedlessness.
Bowling for Beds Raises $580,000 – Bestows ‘Dream Maker’ Award
Sleep in Heavenly Peace’s inaugural Bowling for Beds event raised $580,000 to provide beds for children in need. The fundraiser brought together over 300 bowlers and spectators for an afternoon of meaningful impact. Highlights included the presentation of the first-ever “Dream Maker” award to Bill Boltz, Lowe’s EVP of Merchandising, recognizing his exceptional dedication to ensuring every child has a bed to sleep in. Read about this milestone event and see how the lumber services community came together to strike child bedlessness.
Lift Kids Up: The Gift of Sleep Empowers Positivity
Imagine trying to do your homework on the floor after a long day at school, or drifting off to sleep on a couch because there’s no bed to call your own. For thousands of children across the United States, this is reality every night. At Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP), we provide safe, comfortable beds so every child can rest, thrive, and wake up ready to face the day.
Building Dreams: 7th Annual Bunks Across America
Sleep in Heavenly Peace’s 7th annual Bunks Across America event mobilized 12,955 volunteers with 209 chapters nationwide Sept. 6-13, building 10,075 beds for children in need in the nonprofit’s largest bed-building effort to date.
300,000 Beds Delivered: A Milestone That Changes Everything
Today, we’re celebrating something incredible – our 300,000th bed delivery. But this isn’t just a number. It’s 300,000 children who now have a safe, comfortable place to rest their heads each night. It’s 300,000 smiles, 300,000 better nights of sleep, and 300,000 steps toward a world where no kid sleeps on the floor.
Still Serving: Veterans Continue Mission with Sleep in Heavenly Peace
At Sleep in Heavenly Peace, we believe that service takes many forms. Some serve in uniform, protecting our freedoms abroad. Others serve in their communities, ensuring no child goes without basic necessities like a bed to sleep in. On May 3, 2025 in Macon, Georgia, we witnessed both of these forms of service unite in an extraordinary way.